Different types of dendrites process incoming information in different ways before sending it to the body of the neuron.
Persistency allows value signals to be most efficiently coded across the brain, specifically in the retrosplenial cortex.
Certain genes that are mutated or missing in those with schizophrenia and autism cause similar dysfunction in neural networks within the thalamus.
Researchers have identified a key neural circuit that plays a role in dissociation, a phenomenon in which people can feel disconnected from their bodies and reality.
Grid cell dysfunction in the entorhinal cortex may explain why people with a genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease have problems with navigation.
The retrosplenial cortex combines visual and spatial information to help us navigate our way around.
Researchers have identified a distinct excitatory neuron in the retrosplenial cortex that encodes direction related information over long durations.
The posterior hippocampus tracks distance to a newly learned location, as well as familiar environments. By contrast, when navigating a familiar location, the retrosplenial cortex takes over responsibility for tracking distance. The findings shed light on how the brain navigates and encodes spatial information.
Researchers have created a computational model that helps explain how mental images drawn from memory can be explained by the firing of specific neurons.
A new study sheds light on how our brain stores long term spatial memories. Researchers have identified a specific pattern of neural activity in the retrosplenial cortex when our brains are in the process of storing spatial memories.
A new study reveals how patterns of neural activity in the retrosplenial cortex assist with navigation and spatial memory.
Researchers report two neural networks broadly overlap in people who intentionally let their minds wander.
